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• synonime, synonyme (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音, Canada, Australia) enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA: /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
• (South Asia) IPA: /ˈsɪn.ə.nɪm/, /sɪˈnɔ.nɪm/
• 韻: -ɪm

名詞

synonym (plural synonyms)

1. (semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.

   Synonym: poecilonym (rare)

   Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym

   Antonyms: antonym, opposite

   Hyponym: alias

   Hypernym: term

   “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.

   • 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic‎:

     The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.

   • 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business‎, archived from the original on 2 July 2025:

     It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.

   • 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN‎:

     According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”

2. (taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.

   Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym, objective synonym, subjective synonym, homotypic synonym, heterotypic synonym

   1. (taxonomy, informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
   2. (taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
3. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
   • 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:

     Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

同意語

• (all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

下位語

• (semantics): paranym

派生語

参考

動詞

synonym (third-person singular simple present synonyms, present participle synonyming, simple past and past participle synonymed)

1. (transitive) To make synonymous.
   • 1848, United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, page 556:

     The fair fame of this good Knight has suffered greatly from the levity of his critics, and still more from the chattering of nugators, blatterones, sermocinators, and other superficial dignitaries; insomuch that his very name is synonymed with that of a liar.

   • 1852, John Freeman, Life of the Rev. W. Kirby, page 267:

     […] if that properly belongs to the Saltatorii section, which Fabricius seems to believe by his synonyming it with his C. Viminalis […]